“But it’s Jose’s team now. They are very well organised, hard to score against, they wear teams down and they have an unbelievably good home record.

“Overall they are probably just a little bit of star quality short of being Champions League winners just yet, but after Christmas it’s a knockout competition and Chelsea won it in 2012 without really playing that well, so you never know.

“They have not been exhilarating in Europe – the games have been a bit bog-standard – but they will win the group.

“What Jose will do generally is to keep his back four together. He doesn’t like his full-backs bombing forward like Manchester City, but should we be critical of someone who likes to keep his back four and makes them harder to score against?”

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Paul Pogba regrets the challenge which saw him receive a straight red card for United against Arsenal, according to George Boateng.

“I don’t think he meant it necessarily," he explained on Sky Sports show The Debate.

“I think it was the momentum and the decision making. It’s a physical game and Paul was stretching for it.

“It just happened. He didn’t mean to injure Bellerin. He regrets it. Why did he go over the top? It was not necessary.

“He could have let the ball go or Bellerin take it and now he will miss City.”